mittimus

American  

[mit-uh-muhs] / ˈmɪt ə məs /

noun

Law.

plural

mittimuses

1. a warrant of commitment to prison.

2. a writ for removing a suit or a record from one court to another.

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mittimus British  

/ ˈmɪtɪməs /

noun

1. law a warrant of commitment to prison or a command to a jailer directing him to hold someone in prison

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Etymology

Origin of mittimus

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin: we send, first word of such a writ; see remit

Example Sentences

Fetch me pen and ink somebody, and I'll fill in the mittimus.

From The Wayfarers by Snaith, J. C.

Which mittimus the Trio, on their side, made bold to fling in the fire: and valiantly pleaded privilege of Parliament.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

Whilst one of the officers withdrew to make out a mittimus, the Professor asked one of the others if they had found Dr. Parkman.

From A Book of Remarkable Criminals by Irving, Henry Brodribb

When he had seen it, he said there might be something more against me than was expressed in my mittimus; and that he was but a young man, and, therefore, he durst not do it.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters by Mee, Arthur

So saying, he marched off with the magistrate's mittimus in his pocket.

From Isaac T. Hopper by Child, Lydia Maria Francis